Jōji Nakata (中田 譲治 Nakata Jōji, born April 22, 1954) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator. He is affiliated with Office Osawa.
Nakata studied at the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, and made his debut in voicing for jidaigeki and tokusatsu. Most notably in Super Sentai series, such as Choujuu Sentai Liveman and Choushinsei Flashman.
Later, under the recommendation of fellow voice actor Michiko Nomura, he began his career as a voice actor in the 90's. Since then he has played numerous important roles such as Amshel Goldsmith in Blood+, the titular character in The Count of Monte Cristo, Alucard in Hellsing, Kirei Kotomine in Fate/stay night, among many others.
Nakata is most recognized for his deep, astringent voice. He usually plays veteran soldiers such as Giroro in Sgt. Frog.
Dub Actors[]
Select Filmography[]
| Year | Character | Title | Dub Voice | Dub Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-1995 | Murakumo Yagami | Blue Seed | Aaron Krohn | United States |
| 1994 | Mike Bison | Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie | Joe Romersa | United States |
| 1996-1998 | Stan Finkle (ep. 2) | Power Dolls | Victor Carsrud | United States |
| 1996 | Gaav | Slayers NEXT | Dan Green | United States |
| 1996 | Folken Fanel | The Vision of Escaflowne | Paul Dobson | Canada |
| Vic Mignogna | United States | |||
| 1997 | Gaav | Slayers TRY | Dan Green | United States |
| 1998-1999 | Brian J. Mason | Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 | Andy McAvin | United States |
| 1998-1999 | MPU (ep. 9) | Cowboy Bebop | Christopher Carroll | United States |
| 1998 | Albert Stargazer | Lost Universe | Travis Dean | United States |
| 1998 | King Kashue | Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight | Anthony Cruise | United States |
| 1998 | E-102 Gamma | Sonic Adventure | Steve Brodie | United States |
| 1998-1999 | Childman Powderfield | Sorcerous Stabber Orphen | Jason Douglas | United States |
| 1998 | Lin Suixi | Serial Experiments Lain | Bob Buchholz | United States |
| 1999 | Fomalhaut | The Legend of Black Heaven | Steve Bulen | United States |
| 1999- present |
Hody Jones | One Piece | Larry Brantley | United States |
| 2000 | Alex Nabikov | Lupin the 3rd: Missed by a Dollar | Troy Baker | United States |
| 2000 | E-102 Gamma | Sonic Shuffle | Steve Brodie | United States |
| 2000 | Baofu | Persona 2: Eternal Punishment | ? | United States |
| 2001-2002 | Alucard | Hellsing | Crispin Freeman | United States |
| 2001-2002 | Ados | Shaman King | Marc Thompson | United States |
| 2002-2007 | Baki | Naruto | Sam Riegel | United States |
| 2002 | Gandel | A Tree of Palme | Mike MacRae | United States |
| 2002-2003 | Koutetsu | The Twelve Kingdoms | Peter Spellos | United States |
| 2003-2004 | Halling (ep. 9) | Fullmetal Alchemist | Chris Rager | United States |
| 2003-2004 | Mad Dog Ladd | Gungrave | Lex Lang | United States |
| 2003 | Rouga | Ninja Scroll: The Series | John DeMita | United States |
| 2003-2006 | Dark Oak | Sonic X | Matt Hoverman | United States |
| 2003 | Helmut | Zoids: Fuzors | Brian Dobson | Canada |
| 2004 | Bandō | Elfen Lied | Jason Douglas | United States |
| 2004-2005 | Edmond Dantes | Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo | Jamieson Price | United States |
| 2004-2005 | Ginsa Momochi (ep. 15) | Samurai Champloo | Tom Wyner | United States |
| 2004 | Kenshin Uesugi | Samurai Warriors | Beau Billingslea | United States |
| Ieyasu Tokugawa | Doug Stone | |||
| 2004-2011 | Giroro | Sgt. Frog | Christopher Sabat | United States |
| Scott Evans | Hong Kong | |||
| 2005-2006 | Amshel Goldsmith | Blood+ | Wally Wingert | United States |
| 2005 | Bandō | Elfen Lied (OVA) | David Wald | United States |
| 2005-2006 | Sir Hamgra / Kaiser | IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix | Kim Strauss | United States |
| 2005-2006 | Roy Revant | Solty Rei | Christopher Sabat | United States |
| 2005-2006 | Master Megatron | Transformers: Cybertron | Trevor Devall (ep. 1) | Canada |
| David Kaye | ||||
| Master Galvatron | ||||
| 2005 | Clyde Harlaown (ep. 10) |
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's | ¿? | United States |
| 2005 | King of Birdland | Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom | Barry Yandell | United States |
| 2006 | Kageyama | Black Lagoon | Ross Douglas | Canada |
| 2006-2007 | Diethard Ried | Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion | Jamieson Price | United States |
| 2006 | Kirei Kotomine | Fate/stay night | United States | |
| 2006-2012 | Alucard | Hellsing Ultimate | Crispin Freeman | United States |
| 2006-2007 | Shōgo Kitsukawa "Berserker" | Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple | Robert McCollum | United States |
| 2006 | Luxord | Kingdom Hearts II | Robin Atkin Downes | United States |
| 2006 | Weiss the Immaculate | Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII | Dave Boat | United States |
| Grimoire Valentine | Bob Joles | |||
| 2006-2010 | Matthew (ep. 59) | Pokémon Diamond & Pearl | Mike Pollock | United States |
| 2007 | Headmaster Fukamachi | Blue Drop | John Swasey | United States |
| 2007 | Baul (ep. 10) | Devil May Cry: The Animated Series | Andrew Love | United States |
| 2007 | Rossiu Adai (older; ep. 27) | Gurren Lagann | Michael McConnohie | United States |
| 2007 | Kenshin Uesugi | Warriors Orochi | Philip Hersh | United States |
| Ieyasu Tokugawa | Dave Mallow | |||
| 2007 | Weiss | Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII | Dave Boat | United States |
| 2007-2017 | Baki | Naruto Shippūden | Sam Riegel | United States |
| 2008-2019 | Ouma Yamisaka (ep. 25) |
A Certain Magical Index | Bob Carter | United States |
| 2008 | Detective Crispus Allen | Batman: Gotham Knight | Gary Dourdan | United States |
| 2008 | Diethard Ried | Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 | Jamieson Price | United States |
| 2008 | Kenshin Uesugi | Warriors Orochi 2 | Philip Hersh | United States |
| Ieyasu Tokugawa | Dave Mallow | |||
| 2009 | Jin | CANAAN | Rob Mungle | United States |
| 2009-2019 | Keyes | Fairy Tail | Doug Jackson | United States |
| 2009 | Reenas | Guin Saga | Jovan Jackson | United States |
| 2009 | Kenshin Uesugi | Samurai Warriors 3 | Troy Baker | United States |
| Ieyasu Tokugawa | Dave Mallow | |||
| 2009 | Luxord | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days | Robin Atkin Downes | United States |
| 2009 | Steiner | Kurokami: The Animation | Patrick Seitz | United States |
| 2009 | Frederick Bargland | Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva | Stuart Organ | United Kingdom |
| 2010 | Wolfgang Regendorf | Dance in the Vampire Bund | Christopher Sabat | United States |
| 2010 | Kirei Kotomine | Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works | Jamieson Price | United States |
| 2010 | Sōichirō Takagi | High School of the Dead | Andrew Love | United States |
| 2010 | Gyuki | Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan | Jamieson Price | United States |
| 2010-2013 | Jeff (ep. 102) | Pokémon Best Wishes! | Ryan Stadler | United States |
| 2011-2012 | Kirei Kotomine | Fate/Zero | Crispin Freeman | United States |
| 2011 | Albert Wesker | Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds | D.C. Douglas | United States |
| 2011 | Gyuki | Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital | Jamieson Price | United States |
| 2012 | Keithgriff Hazeldine | Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk | Richard Epcar | United States |
| 2012 | Prime Minister Fujiwara | Code:Breaker | Ben Phillips | United States |
| 2012 | Gouto-Douji | Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers | Patrick Seitz | United States |
| Goto-Douji | ||||
| 2012-2013 | Wolf Flakken | Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 | David Wald | United States |
| 2013- present |
Elliot Baldwin Woodman | Date A Live | Ed Blaylock (Season 2) |
United States |
| John Swasey (Season 3-4) | ||||
| 2013 | Zavok | Sonic Lost World | Travis Willingham | United States |
| 2014 | Liver | Akame ga Kill! | John Gremillion | United States |
| 2014-2015 | Kirei Kotomine | Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works | Crispin Freeman | United States |
| 2016 | Sojiro Sakura | Persona 5 | Jamieson Price | United States |
| 2016 | Tonberry | World of Final Fantasy | Steven Barr | United States |
| 2017 | Alexis Leon Midford | Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic | Jeremy Schwartz | United States |
| 2017 | Kirei Kotomine | Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower | Crispin Freeman | United States |
| 2017-
present |
Tristwin Urnea Belfast | In Another World with my Smartphone | David Wald | United States |
| 2017 | Sensei Kongo | Land of the Lustrous | Brian Mathis | United States |
| 2017 | Terminal A | NieR: Automata | Darin De Paul | United States |
| Terminal B | ||||
| 2018 | Heraclitus | Crystar | Armen Taylor | United States |
| 2018 | Hiroshi Sosoda | Dragon Pilot: Hisone & Masotan | Doug Stone | United States |
| 2018 | Kirei Kotomine (ep. 1) | Fate/Extra Last Encore | Armen Taylor | United States |
| 2018 | Pipimi (ep. 12b) | Pop Team Epic | Matthew Mercer | United States |
| 2018 | Amon Ogata | SWORDGAI The Animation | Jamieson Price | United States |
| 2019 | Kirei Kotomine | Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly | Crispin Freeman | United States |
| 2019-2020 | Ziusu-dra/First Hassan | Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia | United States | |
| 2019 | Luxord | Kingdom Hearts III | Robin Atkin Downes | United States |
| 2019- present |
Matsubusa | Pokémon Masters | Jarred Kjack | United States |
| 2019- present |
Albert Wesker | TEPPEN | D.C. Douglas | United States |
| 2020 | Sojiro Sakura | Persona 5 Strikers | Jamieson Price | United States |
| 2020 | Kirei Kotomine | Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song | Crispin Freeman | United States |
| 2020- present |
Naobito Zenin (ep. 17) |
Jujutsu Kaisen | Kyle Hebert | United States |
| 2021 | Mysterious Neco V | Fate/Grand Carnival | Crispin Freeman | United States |
| Narrator | ||||
| 2021 | Old Man of the Mountain (First Hassan) |
Fate/Grand Order The Movie - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot Paladin; Agateram | United States | |
| 2021 | Weiss the Immaculate | Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade | Daman Mills | United States |
| 2022 | Howling Gab | One Piece Film: Red | J. Paul Slavens | United States |